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Oct 13, 2016 - 6:21 AM
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johnjohnson
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Warner Archive will release on Blu-ray Michael Anderson's film Doc Savage: Man of Bronze (1975), starring Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking, Pamela Hensley, and Michael Miller. The release will be available for purchase on November 1.
Synopsis: Based on the first of Kenneth Robeson's 181 adventure-packed Doc Savage books, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze hits the screen with all its gee-whiz, gung-ho spirit intact. And its bold protagonist, who along with having a Herculean body is also a surgeon, linguist and inventor, remains determined to do right to all and wrong to no one.
Ron Ely (TV's Tarzan) plays the strapping Savage in this high-camp, big- heroics tale of his trek into the Valley of the Vanished to confront the power-hungry Captain Seas (Paul Wexler). And behind the camera are pros who know how to get the most of this entertainment bronze mine: veteran fantasy film producer George Pal (The War of The Worlds, The Time Machine) and director Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run).
Special Features:
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=20034
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Because I have always been a huge George Pal admirer, I looked forward with great eagerness to the release of his production of Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze.
I was a kiddiewinkie of twenty-three years when the film was released.
The film is a mixed bag.
Some wonderful moments, but, overall a disappointment, at least for me.
However, the film introduced me to the fabulous CORD automobile! I have wanted to buy one of those amazing machines ever since! Today I am 64 years old, and I still plan to own a CORD!
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"It needed a bigger budget and a better director."
Yes! Absolutely correct, RoryR!
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Oct 14, 2016 - 12:54 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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"It needed a bigger budget and a better director."
Yes! Absolutely correct, RoryR!
Well, I think it once had a better director. Gordon Douglas, who was first attached as director, was forced to leave the film due to schedule conflicts after production was delayed from mid-December 1973 to mid-January 1974, and Michael Anderson was hired as his replacement. Unfortunately, this was not Anderson's type of film. (Apparently, the project to which Douglas was committed was the 1975 television movie "Nevada Smith" starring Cliff Potts.)
As far as the budget goes, DOC SAVAGE was originally budgeted at $1.5 million. However, when Warner Bros. signed on to finance and distribute the film, they upped the budget to $4.5 million. The studio had already committed to a sequel written by Joe Morhaim, that was expected to go into production by late summer 1974. (The following title card precedes the end credits of the film: “Watch for Doc Savage’s next thrilling adventure The Arch Enemy of Evil.”)
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Wasnt there a kind of pisstake of this once? Was it in Kentucky Fried Movie? Maybe not. Cant remember.
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I remember liking it a lot as a kid, but not as much as Flash Gordon. I think it was because i liked Tarzan films and Ron Ely had been Tarzan. I found his sidekicks a bit irritating. I was terrified of the green snake drawings, and was apparently the only person alive waiting for the sequel. The Doc Savage song was ace.
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